Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 May 1941 — Page 15

STATE K. OF 6

VEAL END

Choose Nationar Gonvention "Delegates; Michigan City Will Be 1942 Site.

The Indiana Knights of Colum bus ended their three-day convention last night by re-electing of-

ficers, naming delegates to the su-|

preme convention at Atlantic: City, N. J, in August, and designating Michigan City as state convention city of 1942. The officers are George M. Kinzel, Gary, state deputy; George F. Redelman, Greensburg, state secretary; Richard - Bakér, Vincennes, state Weasurer; the Rev. Edward C, Bauer, Washington, staté chaplain; Henry Hasley, Ft. Wayne, state advocate and Harry Frame, Richmond, state warden. The Rt. Rev. Thomas Jansen, Gary, and.John E. Hartigan, Vincennes, were renamed directors of the Gibault Home for Boys in Terre Haute, each for three years. The home is an institution maintained by the Knights of Columbus for delinquent boys. Brother Rupert, ‘Terre Haute, and John P. Grace, Kokomo, director and treasurer of

the home, reported on its progress.|

Convention Delegates Named

. Michigan City; Giles Rice, Muncie;

1. H. Kanne, Rensselaer; Paul Kadel, Terre Haute, and John Caufield, Evansville, were elected delegates to the Atlantic City convention. The Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter, bishop of the Indianapolis diocese, yesterday advocated support of the local United Service Organization, which is to provide entertainment . for United States military®and in-' dustrial forces. _ » Designation of the Rev. Edward Bweigart, diocesan director of charities in Ft. Wayne, as representative of the Ft. Wayne diocese in U. S. O. work, was announced by the Most Rev. John F. Noll; bishop of Ft. Wayne.

' 100 Wives Entertained

' A report on the Columbian Squires, junior K. of C. organiza- _ tion, was given. by Harry Kitchin of Richmond, past state deputy. . “Mrs. John Rocap was chairman of the convention ladies’ committee, with Mrs. E. J. Dowd as co-chair-man. Mrs. Raymond C. Fox and Mis. E. J. Dowd were in charge of arrangements at a luncheon-bridge at the Indianapolis Athletic Club yesterday, at which more than 100 wives of delegates were entertained. Mrs. Edward Connell was in charge of euchre. Other committeewomen for the oonvention were Mrs. William H. Bradley and Mrs. Lawrence Sexton, co-chairmen of the reception and dance committee, and Mrs. William J. Greener, Mrs. Robert E. Kirby, Mrs. James Hegarty and Mrs. Claude Sifferlen, members of the hostess committee.

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PRIVATE CLUBS

WARNED BY ABC

Liquor Situation Termed Out of Hand After Heads Of 5 Groups Testify.

The liquor situation in private clubs “is completely out of hand and the Alcoholic Beverages Commission intends to straighten things This warning was given by. Lowell Pattersoh, Commission member, at the close of a day-long series of hearings yesterday at which officers of five clubs, four of them from Indianapolis, appeared before the A. B. C. to answer charges of alleged liquor law violations. : In each of the five hearings, Mr. Patterson stressed the fact that the liquor permits held by the clubs allow only members to purchase liquor from the club bars.

Guest Cannot Buy Drink

A member may purchase a drink for his guest, but the guest cannot purchase a drink for his host. Not even the wives of members can, under the law, purchase drinks at the club bar, he said. The bars in private clubs must close at midnight on week days and at 1 a. m. on Sundays, just as in public taverns, he added. Mr. Patterson asked officers of the Voiture 145, 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux, 119 E. Ohio St., to confer with Commission members about the admitted club practice of selling liquor to all paid-up members of the American Legion. The 40 & 8 is composed of Legion members. Officers of the 40 & 8 Club had been cited to appear before the Commission to show cause why their license should not be revoked for allegedly selling liquor after hours and to non-members.

Excise Officers Testify

‘Excise. Officers P. J. Glenn and Fred Boyce testified they had gone into the club at 1:16 a. m on April 17, a week day, and had purchased two drinks of whisky from the bartender.

fied that he had hired the bartender only a few days before and that he had given him specific instructions not to sell drinks after hours. During the course of the hearing, Mr. Quandt stated that the club had the policy of selling drinks to all Legion members who showed paid-up membership cards.

Patterson Advises Conference

John. McShane, attorney for the club, said that club officials had talked to Richard Shirley, former Commission member, about selling to Legion members and had been told that it was all right. Mr. Patterson pointed out that the permit allows only members of the 40 & 8 Club to buy drinks at the bar and advised that a conference be held soon to get the matfer

straightened out.

The three other local clubs-whose fepresentatives, appeared before the ‘Commission yesterday were the Frank -T. Strayer Post 1405, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 210 E. Ohio St.; the Hotel Men’s Club, 561 W.

; 26th st., and the Popularity "Pleasure

Club, 438 Indiana Ave. Excise Officers Glenn and Boyce testified that they had visited the Strayer Post Club around 2 p. m, on Sunday, April 27, and that they had been denied admission. Finally Left Mr. Boyce said that he got one foot inside the door which was barred with a chain, but that he

did not see anyone inside drinking. Both offic said they - showed

1itheir badges and that the doorman

had called to another man who- in turn left to consult a third, but that the third man never came to the door. - George: Ham, 609 W. 10th St. Strayer Post Club janitor, testified, however, that the two excise officers had not showed their badges and

that he had refused admission be-

cause he had been ordered not to allow anyone in the club but members or members of .the Order of

a dinner there that night. : George Repp, club bartender, said

|that he was out of town that day

and that he was the only person who had keys to the barroom door which was ‘padlocked.

Relates Visits to Other Clubs Testimony concerning ‘alleged

{lviolations at. the other two :clubs a was offered by Excise Officer James

H. Cross. - He said he and another ‘officer, visited the Hotel Men’s Club at 561 W. 26th St. around 2:30 a. m. on

1|Thursday, April 17, and ‘that they had purchased

two. bottles of - béer. ; He said he and his partner visited the Popularity Pleasure Club about 2:30 a. m. on Sunday, April 20, and that - he had seen several drinks

been no complaints about both was well Leptin the and that order was p them: Mrs. Margaret Smith, manager of the Hotel Men's Club, gE had

C. E. Quandt, club manager, testi-| pats

Home of Vital

block building at 200 S. Harding St.

look” invitation extended especially to customers and friends, including engineers, industrialists and editors of technical papers. Once they're. through the heavy visitors’ door, which is controlled from the inside, those who will tour the plant will see huge machines

metal. . They'll see: another that planes the “mountains” * off -the glossy surface -of metal that already looks as smooth as a mirror.

Does Delicate Work

Still another is so delicate that it can bore a. hole the size of a needle through metal. With a microscope the operator can’t be sure when the tool. is touching : the metal. A mierophcnic plate lets him know by a sound tone. For the Merz Co. is the “sliderule” for other precision plants engaged in defense work, such as the huge, sprawling Allison Engineering Division in Speedway City. Other plants work to a tolerance of 1000th of an inch. The normal tolerance at the Merz Co. is a 10,000th of an inch. The Indianapolis firm provides the. gauges, special machine tools, jigs and fixtures. with which other, plants in turn produce and measure the accuracy of precision machines.

The work has to be good, and General Manager B.. J. Smith smilingly admits that his employees have a right to be “prima donnas.” Everything has been provided in this new plant for comfortable working conditions, including fluorescent. lighting threughout, air conditioning in the offices, engineering and - precision ‘production departments. - Wash. and lockér rooms are what might be termed “club like.” Even the tint of the walls were carefully selected for proper effect. In some of the plant the ceilings are acousticaily treated. The machinery is brand new. The hew plant, which now employs 200 and expects to add another 200 skilled craftsmen by the end of August, is not a “war baby,” Mr. Smith said. He said it is the natural growth of the firm started in 1927 by Col. Charles C. Merz, now president, for the manufacture of parts and engines for the aircraft industry. Later the company turned to experimental engineering and designing and the manufacture of machine tools.

- Orders, Piie Up

Mr. Smith said the expansion had been : planned before the defense| rush, but that the firm now has a sizable | backlog of orders for the Army and Navy, the nation’s largest automotive and aviation: companies and other Jdarge industrial concerns engaged in national defense. ~The old plant at 10th St. and Capitol Ave. could be’ dropped into one - corner of the new building which has 36,000 square feet of floor space. There are 12 times as many machines’ as in the former plant. Of the 12 men Col. Merz started with who had “a passion for perfection,” eight are still on the job. The concrete floors in the new plant are covered with wood blocks in all production areas. All pfre~ cision, boring, grinding, finishing and inipection departments are Separate units. Each area around a machine: is isolated with heavy cork insulation giving the effect of a “floating island” completely free from vibration.

Like Thermos Bottle

The most unusual room in the building is the testing - laboratory

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*| which is,. Mr. Smith said, a Juge

“thermos bottle.” A separate ‘air conditioning unit keeps the tem-|_ perature within one-half a degree of 68 degrees the year around. Humidity is maintained at 50 per cent. The room itself is isolated Jom.

. For. the first time tomorrow, some Indianapolis a chance .to peek inside the walls of the City’s least . publicized but one of its. most important defense plants. The Merz Engineering Co., established in a

that - literally bite: chunks out of}

The Mers Engineering Co. giant at #0 8. Harding St... . home of precision machines that are waichioss of defense.

Machines for

Nation's Armament Program|

residents will have

new brick and glass less than ino weeks ago. will hold

an open house tomorrow afternoon and evening with the “come in ‘and

te other parts of the plant by

Mr. Smith termed the plant af monument to the genius of Col Merz who is known to almost every automotive, mechanical and electrical engineer in the United States. Many automotive engineers have advanced -their arrival to Indian‘apolis for the 500 mile race so they may tour the plant, Mr. Sinith: said. Invitations have been extended to Governor Schricker, members of his Defense Council - headed by Clarence Jackson, Henry Steeg, defense co-ordinator, Mayor ‘Sullivan and members of the City Council. All officers of the Merz Engineering Co. are Indianapolis men. A. W. Herrington is chairman of the board of directors; ‘Mr. Merz, president; Bert Dingley, vice president; D. 1. Glossbrenner, secretary, and ‘Earl J. Breech, ireasurer,

RACE BUSSES START AT 4:30 A, M. FRIDAY

Express bus service from the ‘Traction Terminal to the IndianapTolis Motor Speedway wil be operated beginning 4:30 a. m.. Memorial Day by the Peoples Motor Coach

The express® busses, which will make no stops before the Speedway, will leave at frequent intervals until the race begins at 10 2. m. and the trip time will be about: 20 minutes, company officials said. For the return trip, busses will be: stationed just east of the main Speedway gate on W. 16th St.

Speedway admission tickets will bel:

on sale at the Traction Terminal.

Ethel M. Howard.

49, Dies.in Home 7

MRS. ETHEL MAY HOWARD,

lifelong Indianapolis | resident. |§

died yesterday in her home, 5312 - E. St. Clair St. She was 49, Survivors are two sons, Michael J. and Donald P.; her mother, , Mrs. Rose Hancock: two brothers, William Albert and Charles L. Hancock, and one grandson. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday in the G. H. Herrmann Funeral 2 fore, ‘Burial will be in Crown Hill -

Draaieariom

Golden Rule to Honor Dead—Two events are on tomorrow’s program |’

of the Golden Rule Lodge 25, Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad: Trainmen Memorial services will be conducted at 2 p. m.

8:30 p. m. a card party will be helcl in the Hall, 1002% E. Washington St, with Mrs. Geneva Iding in charge.

Schricker to 8 peak--Governor

Henry F. Schricker will be the chief |: speaker at a Big Four Social Club |}

dinner meeting at 6:30 p. m. today in the Riley Room of the

Claypool Hotel. The club, made up| of supervisory forces of the New|: System:

York Central in Marion County, meets every month.

Also. at the speakers’ table will bel: | Col. Walter S. Drysdale, command. |} ant: Lieut. Col. Theodore H. Heap, |: Quartermaster, and Maj. Thearl W.|. Essig .and Maj. Frank J. Billiter.|:

all of Ft. Benjamin Harrison.

Temple Lodge to Meet—Temple - Lodge 591 will meet ih

e Hall, 230 E. Ohlo St. at 7:30

the Purple Heart which was having |

served. : : Mr. Cross testified that there had

ordered ‘a strict observance of the

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in addition - to the regular business meeting. As|%

[Navy to convoy gopds to Britain. The resolution comments that |;

$2,481,000 GRANTED STATE WATERWAYS

WASHINGTON, ‘May 27 (U. PJ). —President

providing $174,409,630 - for defense housing and other preparedness projects. The civil funds money—$7, 300,000 over budget estimates—will be used for -river-and harbor improvements and flood ‘control deemed essential for defense. .- Flood control money includes $1,581,000 for Jeffersonville and Clarksville, Ind; and: $800,000 for Evans-

Indiana Harbor. A total of $3,300,-

river.

Roosevelt yesterday signed the $228,601,828 Army Civil Functions ‘Appropriation Bill for 1942 and ‘the Urgent Deficiency Bill

ville. Harbor improvement projects include the spending ‘of $100,000 at

000 will be spent en Ohio River lock and dam construction and maintenance -and a total of $2,220,000 for open channel work. in the. same

Included . in the “other measure] was $165,000,000 for building homes

CENTRAL UNION BACKS CONVOYS

Labor Group Here Calls For Full Production of, War Materials.

tion urging all-out production of war materials and use of the U. S.

unless we “deliver the goods to

will have South America and: much of North America at his through control of their more portant: markets. Concluding, the resolution states: “Be it resolved that the Central Labor Union all citizens, .including especially those of industrial America in organized labor and management, join in saying to the President: “Urge Unified Opinion “We support: “l. Full mobilization of the 'industrial, economic and moral life of this. country for production of ‘war materials, and, “2. Use of American Naval.forces for police, convoy, or -in whatever way is most effective to insure’ the |delivery of these materials to Britain, and, “It is further our belief that in these times. of stress and national peril, it is absolutely essential for the defense and safety of - this

behind the dulv constituted government of this country.”

KILL KING'S ASSAILANT

ROME, May 27 (U. P.).—Maihailoff Vasil Laci, ‘young Greek who fired on King Victor Emmanuel and the Albanian Premier at Tirana, Albania, on May 17, was executed at dawn today in the Tirana prison

The ‘Indianapolis Central Labor ; | Union today announced: a resolu- |

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Col. Enrique Urrutia to Be - Area Instructor at Pittsburgh.

‘Col. Enrique ' Urrutia, for the ‘past two years ‘in charge of recruiting for the U. S. Army in Indiana, will leave June 10 to be instructor ‘in the Second Military Area, Pittsburgh, Pa. During his stay here, Col. Urrutia has seen Indiana give ‘22,000 men to the service, 8000 of them regular - three-year enlistments and the rest Selective Service inductees. This is in addition to 600 to 800 flying cadets. Col. Urrutia was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1910. He was born in Puerto Rico, and before coming to Indianapolis was | executive and commanding officer of a regiment there, the 65th Infantry, composed of native-born Puerto Ricans. During the World ‘War he served in Panama with the old Puerto Rican regiment. Col. and Mrs. Urrutia live at 3201 N. Meridian St. They have a daughter, Miss Aida Urrutia, and & son, Henry, who is a mem-

courtyard, it was announced officially. ;

for defense workers:

IMITATE CHRIST,

PASTOR PLEADS

Ww. E. Moore, Bisominglon; Addresses Disciples at Bedford Session.

Times Special BEDFORD, Ind, May 27.—The

Rev. W.:E. Moore of Blooniington, speaking at the formal opening of the 102d convention of the Disciples of Christ here last night, called on Christians everywhere to imitate ‘Christ in repentence, in consecration to Christian principles 8 and in self-discipline. The Rev. Cecil Fellers of Greencastle was elected president of the

Indiana Christian Ministers’ Association at an annual meeting held by the association prior to the formal opening of the convention. Q Other officers named were the" . Rev. R. C. Dillman of Jeffersonville,

‘|vice president, and the Rev. David

S. McNelly of the Indianapolis Centenary Church, secretary-treasurer.

Two Sermons Today

Two sermons were scheduled for today’s meeting ©f the Disciples. They will be given by Dr. Albert W. Palmer, president of the Chicago Theological Seminary. Dr. Ephraim D. Lowe, secretary of the Indiana Christian Missionary Association, was to. report on that body’s activities today and addresses were scheduled on evangelism and State missions. Three forums were to be held this aYternoon. ‘Moore Is President

The Rev. R. E. Lentz of Franke lin and Dean Frederick D. Kershner of the Butler University School of Religion led the discussion at the meeting of the ministers’ assotiation yesterday. The Rev. Mr. Moore is president of the convention, Fred W. Wolff * of Wabash is vice president and Kenneth E. Thorne of Greensburg

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